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• Want more?: Look at the short videos posted in each proposition.
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  • League of Women Voters (non-partisan)
    • How to Evaluate Ballot Propositions
    • About Bonds
    • Proposition recommendations
    • Links to more intensive videos from the LWV, where issues with each proposition are explained by a judge.
  • Calmatters (non-partisan) – California 2020 Election Guide
  • Funders of propositions: Fair Political Practices Commission.
  • Bend The Arc Voter Guide – here.
  • Human Rights Watch: Our endorsements.
  • Black Lives Matter – LA and Longbeach here.

Prop. #14 – Stem Cell Research Institute Bond Initiative

• NON-PARTISAN ANALYSIS
  • League of Women Voters’ analysis here. “Neutral” on this issue.
  • Additional explainer video and material from Calmatters.org here.
  • Voters Edge California here.
  • Ballotpedia link here.

• “NO” ON PROP. 14 – ANALYSIS
  • (LA Times article) “NO – When California voters approved a stem-cell research initiative in 2004, the idea wasn’t to have the state replace the federal government’s funding for the long term. It was to kick-start an industry that would then operate on its own.“
  • The Santa Barbara Independent – See their explanation here.

Prop. #15 – Tax on Commercial and Industrial Properties for Education & Local Government Funding Initiative

• NON-PARTISAN ANALYSIS
  • League of Women Voters’ analysis here.
  • Additional explainer video and material from Calmatters.org here.
  • Voters Edge California here.
  • Ballotpedia link here.
• “YES” ON PROP. 15 – ANALYSIS
  • League of Women Voters – “YES” on this issue here.
  • Sierra Club endorsement – press release here.
  • YES15.org
  • Yes on 15 – Debunking the Scare Tactics
  • Analysis of propositions from Courage CA Voter Guide, including misinformation and donors.
  • Greenlining Institute analysis here.
  • ACLU Southern CA ballot guide here.
  • CALabor’s guide here.
  • (LA Times article) “YES – At long last, here is a fix for one of California’s most intractable problems: a wildly unfair and lopsided property tax system that has starved local governments of revenue and distorted the cost of buying a house and starting a business.“
  • Indivisible SF analysis here.
  • DSA-Ventura County’s resolution in support of Prop. 15.

• “NO” ON PROP. 15 ANALYSIS
  • We are sorry to say that we believe one of the endorsers has been paid to play.

Robert Gutierrez Pres. – CA Taxpayers Assoc.	Alice Huffman Pres. – CA State Conf. – NAACP – ACTING AS PAID CONSULTANT FOR “NO on 15“	Betty Jo Toccoli Pres. – CA Small Business Assoc.

Prop. #16 – Repeal Prop. 209 Affirmative Action Amendment

• NON-PARTISAN ANALYSIS
  • League of Women Voters’s analysis here.
  • Additional explainer video and material from Calmatters.org here.
  • Voters Edge California here.
  • Ballotpedia link here.
• “YES” ON PROP. 16 – ANALYSIS
  • League of Women Voters – “YES” on this issue.
  • voteyesonprop16.org
  • Analysis of propositions from Courage CA Voter Guide, including misinformation and donors.
  • Greenlining Institute analysis here.
  • ACLU Southern CA ballot guide here.
  • CALabor’s guide here.
  • (LA Times article) “YES – Proposition 209, a ban on affirmative action programs in public institutions that voters adopted in 1996, has set back the state’s efforts to promote diversity. It’s past time to remove it.”
  • Indivisible SF analysis here.

			E. Toby Boyd, Pres. CA Teachers Assoc.
EVA PATERSON Pres. – Equal Justice Society.	Carol Moon Goldberg, Pres. -League of Women Voters	Thomas A. Saenz, Pres. Mexican American Legal Defense & Educ.	Dr. Bernice King, CEO, The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center

Ward Connerly Pres. – CA for Equal Rights.	Gail Heriot, professor of law	Betty Tom Chu Former CA Constitution Rev. Commissioner.

Prop. #17 – Voting Rights Restoration for Persons on Parole Amendment

• NON-PARTISAN ANALYSIS
  • League of Women Voters’ analysis here.
  • Additional explainer video and material from Calmatters.org here.
  • Voters Edge California here.
  • Ballotpedia link here.
• “YES” ON PROP. 17 – ANALYSIS
  • League of Women Voters – “YES” on this issue.
  • yeson17.vote
  • Analysis of propositions from Courage CA Voter Guide, including misinformation and donors.
  • Greenlining Institute analysis here.
  • ACLU Southern CA ballot guide here.
  • Human Rights Watch: Our endorsements.
  • (LA Times article) “YES – In California, felons who have served their time in prison are denied the right to vote until they finish their parole. That’s an obstacle they don’t need as they reintegrate into society.“
  • Indivisible SF analysis here.

Carol Moon Goldberg, Pres. -League of Women Voters	Jay Jordan, Exec. Director – Californians for Safety & Justice	Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, bill author

Harriet Salarno Besselman Crime Victims United CA	Jim Nielen Chair, Board of Prison Terms (Ret.)	More here.

Prop. #18 – Primary Voting for 17-Year-Olds Amendment

• NON-PARTISAN ANALYSIS
  • League of Women Voters’ analysis here.
  • Additional explainer video and material from Calmatters.org here.
  • Voters Edge California here.
  • Ballotpedia link here.
• “YES” ON PROP. 18 – ANALYSIS
  • League of Women Voters – “YES” on issue here.
  • Analysis of propositions from Courage CA Voter Guide, including misinformation and donors.
  • ACLU Southern CA ballot guide here.
  • (LA Times article) “YES – It makes sense that the teens who will be 18 years old and eligible to vote in a general election in California should also help decide, when they are 17, whose names will be on that ballot.“
  • Indivisible SF analysis here.

	Jon Coupal Pres. Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association	More here.

Prop. #19 – Property Tax Transfers, Exemptions, and Revenue for Wildfire Agencies and Counties Amendment.

• NON-PARTISAN ANALYSIS
  • League of Women Voters’ analysis here.
  • Additional explainer video and material from Calmatters.org here.
  • Voters Edge California here.
  • Ballotpedia link here.
• “YES” ON PROP. 19 – ANALYSIS

• “NO” ON PROP. 19 – ANALYSIS
  • League of Women Voters – “NO” on this issue here.
  • (LA Times article) “NO – By letting older homeowners keep the property tax break they’ve built up when they move to a new home, Proposition 19 would extend inequality by benefiting those who were lucky enough to buy a home years ago and hold onto it as values skyrocketed.“
  • Analysis of propositions from Courage CA Voter Guide, including misinformation and donors.
  • Greenlining Institute analysis here.
  • ACLU Southern CA ballot guide here.
  • Indivisible SF analysis here.
  • Oct. 19th article – LA Times here.

Jon Coupal Pres. Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association	Senator Patricia Bates (R), District 36	Assemblyman Ken Cooley (D), District 38

Prop. #20 – Criminal Sentencing, Parole, and DNA Collection Initiative

• NON-PARTISAN ANALYSIS
  • League of Women Voters’ analysis here.
  • Additional explainer video and material from Calmatters.org here.
  • Voters Edge California here.
  • Ballotpedia link here.

Harriet Salarno Besselman Crime Victims United CA	Patricia Wenskunas Founder Crime Survivors, Inc.	Christine Ward Director Crime Victims Alliance

• “NO” ON PROP. 20 – ANALYSIS
  • League of Women Voters – “NO” on issue here.
  • (LA Times article) “NO – California is leading the nation away from decades of foolish and wasteful policies that prevent even low-level offenders from correcting their mistakes and getting on with productive and law-abiding lives. This is no time to reverse course.“
  • Analysis of propositions from Courage CA Voter Guide, including misinformation and donors.
  • Greenlining Institute analysis here.
  • ACLU Southern CA ballot guide here.
  • Human Rights Watch: Our endorsements.
  • Indivisible SF analysis here.

Prop. #21 – Local Rent Control Initiative

• NON-PARTISAN ANALYSIS
  • League of Women Voters analysis here. They are neutral on this issue.
  • Additional explainer video and material from Calmatters.org here.
  • Voters Edge California here.
  • Ballotpedia link here.
• “YES” ON PROP. 21 – ANALYSIS
  • Analysis of propositions from Courage CA Voter Guide, including misinformation and donors.
  • ACLU Southern CA ballot guide here.
  • Greenlining Institute analysis here.
  • (LA Times article) “YES – Cities are on the front lines of managing the upheaval and suffering caused by the state’s housing crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic. They need the flexibility to adopt policies in response, such as limits on rent increases or temporary rent freezes.“
  • Indivisible SF analysis here.

• “NO” ON PROP. 21 – ANALYSIS
  • The Santa Barbara Independent is an outlier. See their explanation here.

Edward J. Frimsley, State Comm. American Legion CA	Lorraine J. Plass, 3rd Vice Comm. AMVETTS, CA	Patrick Sabelhaus Exec. Dir. CA Council for Affordable Housing

Prop. #22 – Rideshare and Delivery Drivers

• NON-PARTISAN ANALYSIS
  • League of Women Voters here. They have no position on this issue.
  • Additional explainer video and material from Calmatters.org here.
  • Voters Edge California here.
• “YES” ON PROP. 22 – ANALYSIS – NOPE!
  • A “YES” on this proposition basically undoes the employee protections created in AB 5. It is completely supported by corporations who want to return to the bad old days, and opposed by organized labor and teachers.
  • (Ballotpedia) “Through September 23, 2020, Yes on Proposition 22 received $184.3 million, which is the most funds that an initiative campaign has ever received in California (not adjusted for inflation). Uber contributed $50 million, Lyft provided $48 million, DoorDash contrubuted $47 million, InstaCart provided $28 million, and Postmates provided $11 million.

UBER, LYFT are major funders	Betty Jo Toccoli Pres. – CA Small Business Assoc.	Jim Pyatt, Pres. Independent Drivers Alliance of CA

• “NO” ON PROP. 22 – ANALYSIS
  • (LA Times article) “NO – California needs a better approach to gig workers. But rather than accepting the bad bargain Proposition 22 presents, voters should demand a better, broader answer from Sacramento.“
  • (Ballotpedia) The campaign No on Prop 22 received $10.7 million. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, SEIU-UHW West, Service Employees International Union, United Food & Commercial Workers Local 770, and United Food & Commercial Workers Western States Issues PAC—labor unions or union-affiliated committees—were the top-five donors to No on Prop 22.
  • Analysis of propositions from Courage CA Voter Guide, including misinformation and donors.
  • Greenlining Institute analysis here.
  • ACLU Southern CA ballot guide here.
  • CALabor’s guide here.
  • Human Rights Watch: Our endorsements.
  • nooncaprop22.com
  • Indivisible SF analysis here.

Prop. #23 – Kidney Dialysis

• NON-PARTISAN ANALYSIS
  • League of Women Voters here. They have no position on this issue.
  • Additional explainer video and material from Calmatters.org here.
  • Voters Edge California here.
  • Voters Edge California here.
  • Additional explainer video and material from Calmatters.org here.
  • League of Women Voters analysis here. They are neutral on this issue.
• “YES” ON 23 – ANALYSIS
  • Analysis of propositions from Courage CA Voter Guide, including misinformation and donors.
  • Indivisible SF analysis here.

• “NO” ON PROP. 23 – ANALYSIS
  • (LA Times article) “NO – There’s no evidence that the measure would protect the health and safety of dialysis patients, but there’s plenty of evidence that it is being improperly used as a labor organizing tool.“

	Marketa Houskove, DNP, RN. Exec. Dir. American Nurses Assoc. CA	Peter N. Bretan, MD, Pres. CA Medical Association

Prop. #24 – Consumer Personal Information Law and Agency Initiative

• NON-PARTISAN ANALYSIS
  • League of Women Voters analysis here. “NO” opinion here.
  • Additional explainer video and material from Calmatters.org here.
  • Voters Edge California here.
  • Ballotpedia link here.
• “YES” ON PROP. 24 – ANALYSIS
  • (LA Times article) “YES – The state’s groundbreaking data privacy law has come under attack in the Legislature. This measure would expand the protections for personal data and bar the Legislature from weakening them, while leaving the door open for improvements.“
  • Santa Barbara Independent here.

James P. Steyer, CEO Common Sense Media	Alice A. Huffman, Pres. CA NAACP	Celine MacTaggart, Dir. CA for Consumer Privacy	Dolores Huerta, Labor and Civil Rights leader

• “NO” ON PROP. 24 – ANALYSIS
  • Analysis of propositions from Courage CA Voter Guide, including misinformation and donors.
  • Greenlining Institute analysis here.
  • ACLU Southern CA ballot guide here.
  • Indivisible SF analysis here.

Tracy Rosenberg, Pres. CA for Privacy Now.	Richard Holober, Pres. Consumer Fed. of CA

Prop. #25 – Pre-trial Detention

• NON-PARTISAN ANALYSIS
  • Ballotpedia link here.
  • Voters Edge California here.
  • League of Women Voters analysis here.
  • Additional explainer video and material from Calmatters.org here.
• “YES” ON PROP. 25 – ANALYSIS
  • League of Women Voters “YES” endorsement here.
  • yesoncaprop25.com
  • Courage CA Voter Guide, analysis of propositions, including misinformation and donors.
  • (LA Times) “YES – This measure would ratify a law to end bail and the use of wealth or poverty in California to determine whether a person accused of a crime stays in jail or goes home before trial.“
  • Indivisible SF analysis here.

Lenore Anderson, Pres. CA for Safety and Justice	Diana Becton, Contra Costa Co. DA	Heidi L. Strunk. Pres. Mental Health America of CA

• “NO” ON PROP. 25 – ANALYSIS
• Why Prop. 25 may be a bad idea wrapped in good intentions here.
• Human Rights Watch: Our endorsements. “It’s not an improvement on the old system. At best, it’s an equally bad replacement,” said John Raphling, a senior researcher at Human Rights Watch.“
• ACLU Southern CA ballot guide here.
• Sacbee article here.

Alice Hoffman, Pres. CA State Conf. NAACP – Read this.	Christine Ward, Exec. Dir. Crime Victims Alliance	Quentin L. Kopp Ret. CA Superior Court Judge.

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